Meaning

2 senses

  1. (informal)To act a part in an exaggerated or affected manner.

    Near-synonyms: chew the scenery, ham it up, overdo

    Don't camp it up. Just follow the stage directions.

  2. (informal)To behave in a camp (campy) or effeminate way.

    Don't camp it up. Just walk normally.

Examples

9 sentences

  1. Refugee camps are being set up.

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  2. Ziri camped further up the hill.

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  3. Ziri's camp was already set up.

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  4. I camped further up the hill.

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  5. Felix needed to stop and get his camp set up.

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Forms

camps it up, camping it up, camped it up, camped it up
Base formcamp it up · to camp it up
3rd person singularcamps it up
Present participlecamping it up
Past simplecamped it up
Past participlecamped it up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycamp it up
he, she, itcamps it up

Past simpleLesson

all personscamped it up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave camped it up
he, she, ithas camped it up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill camp it up

Synonyms

4 synonyms
campA2chew the sceneryham it upoverdo

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
camouflagecampA1campaignB2campaignercamper
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